RTX A4000 vs GeForce GTX 1660 Max-Q

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated58
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data24.76
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameTU116GA104
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release dateno data12 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$229 no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data6144
Core clock speed1140 MHz735 MHz
Boost clock speed1335 MHz1560 MHz
Number of transistors6,600 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data140 Watt
Texture fill rateno data299.5
Floating-point processing powerno data19.17 TFLOPS
ROPsno data96
TMUsno data192
Tensor Coresno data192
Ray Tracing Coresno data48

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data241 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 6-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeno dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data16 GB
Memory bus widthno data256 Bit
Memory clock speed8000 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data448.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort4x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12.0 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 12 nm 8 nm

RTX A4000 has a 50% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1660 Max-Q and RTX A4000. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1660 Max-Q is a notebook card while RTX A4000 is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Max-Q
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NVIDIA RTX A4000
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